Swan Song (Paperback) by Robert McCammon

from jayne_charles

I love apocalypse novels, and this has been arguably one of the best I've read. Similar to Stephen King's 'The Stand', it features small groups of survivors of a major holocaust aligning themselves behind talismanic figures in camps which can broadly be categorised as 'good' and 'evil'. The cause...

from kitteekatt

Whoa, what a book! I read this 800+page-turner in 3 days. A graphic, post-apocalyptic horror story, Swan Song is often compaired to The Stand. The similarities are in fact obvious, but being a fan of the dystopian genre, I didn't mind at all. I thought the character development was excellent, the...

from HarperKingsley

My all-time favorite post-apocalypse book. Engaging characters, flowing plot, just a hint of the supernatural/divine. It's like The Stand, with all the extra stuff taken out. Except the world is destroyed by nuclear fire, rather than Captain Trips. The mainest main character is a girl, adorable a...

from dekan

i saw a review on insomnia by stephen king and i don't know why but it kicked this book to my mind. i loved this book. i refer back to, unexplainably, from time to time. I thought it was very well written and pulled me in to where i coulnd't put it down. I had to know what was happening next. I r...

from AKMamma

I was introduced to this by a dear friend who as soon as she found out I thought The Stand was the be all to end all threw up her hands and said oh no you don't READ this! Boy am I glad she did. It sat hidden on my shelf for months before she finally politely asked for it back. So happy that it c...